Readings Latin Quiz

Igne viso, omnes viri et uxores territae sunt et ultra urbem ad litus insulae navigaverunt, ubi perfugium inventum est.

When the fire had been seen, all the men and their wives were terrified and beyond the city to the chore of the island they sailed, where safety was found

Cornu audito, ille miles, incertus consilii, copias ad mediam insulam vertit.

When the horn had been heard, that soldier, uncertain of his plan, he turned the troops toward the middle of the island.

Nec tumultum nec hastam militis nec mortem violentam timebo, Augusto terras tenente.

Neither the uproar nor the soldier’s spear nor a violent death shall I fear, with Augustus holding the lands.

Tarquinio expulso, nomen regis audire non poterat populus Romanus.

With Tarquin having been expelled, the Roman people could not hear the name of king.

De Cupiditate:

Homo stultus, “O cives, Cives,” inquit, “pecunia ante omnia quarenda est:virtus et probitas post pecuniam.”

Pecuniae autem cupiditas fugienda est.

Fugienda etiam est cupiditas gloriae; eripit enim libertatem.

Neque imperia semper petenda sunt neque semper accipienda; etiam deponenda non numquam.

A foolish man said “O citizens, citizens,” he says “money must be sought before all things; virtue and honesty (come) after money.

The desire for money, however, must be avoided.

The desire of glory also must be avoided; For it takes away freedom.

Neither should positions of power always be sought nor always accepted; even to be laid down sometimes.

Orator, signo a sacerdote dato, eo die revenit et nunc totus populus Latinus gaudet.

The orator, with the signal having been given by the priest, returned on that day and now the whole Latin people rejoices.

Imperio accepto, dux aequus magnanimusque fidem suam rei publicae ostendit.

With command having been accepted, the just and noble-minded leader showed his own loyalty to the republic.

Asia victa, dux Romanus felix multos servos in Italiam misit.

With Asia having been conquered, the fourtunate Roman leader sent many servants into Italy.

Omnibus ferro militis perterritis, quisque se servare cupiebat.

With everyone having been terrified by the soldier’s sword, each one wanted to save himself.

The Satirist Modus Operandi:

Ridens saturas meas pecurram, et cur non? Quid vetat me ridentem dicere verum, ut pueris educandis saepe dant crustula magistri? Quaero res graves iucundo ludo et, nominibus fictis, de multis culpis vitiique narro. Sed quid rides? Mutato nomine, de te fabula narratur!

Shall I run through my satires laughing, and why not? What prevents me, while laughing, from telling the truth, just as teachers often give little cakes to children needing to be educated. I seek serious things in a pleasant game and with invented names, I tell about many faults and vices. But what are you laughing at? With the name having been changed, the story is being told about you!

De Cupiditate 2:

Caelö receptus propter virtütem, Herculés multös deös salütåvit; sed Plütö ve- niente, qui Fortünae est filius, åvertit oculös. Tum, causa quaesita, "Odi," inquit, "illum, quod malis amicus est atque omnia corrumpit lucri causa."

Having been received into heaven (the sky) because of his great virtue, Hercules greeted many of the gods. But when Pluto was coming, who is the son of fortune, he turned away his eyes. Then, after the reason having been asked, “I hate,” he said, “that man, because he is a friend of the wicked and corrupts all for the sake of profit.